1. Lutherans have a unique heritage that makes teaching predestination doubly difficult.
  2. This is an excerpt from Chapter 7 of Your God is Too Glorious: Finding God in the Most Unexpected Places by Chad Bird (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  3. The gospel is for sinners – both the tax collector and Pharisee, both in need of the Great Physician.
  4. The profound significance of Christ’s resurrection comes from the threefold justification it provides: it justifies the sinner, the sinner’s hope, and God himself.
  5. Five promises were seemingly all those apostles, staring into the sky, had to go on. Five promises that were more than enough.
  6. For you who are struggling to navigate grief, to cope with pain, or breathe through anxiety, the gospel announces that there is a person whose heart throbs for you.
  7. It's easy to have courage when things go well.
  8. The Good Shepherd doesn’t leave the sheep to fend for themselves.
  9. A Christian story untethered from the reality of Christ and his mercy toward sinners becomes a mere fable, while a sermon disconnected from the hearts of its listeners remains a hollow oratory.
  10. Eucatastrophe is the coming untrue of all sin, evil, and death. And where that starts is the empty tomb of the risen Jesus.
  11. This article is written by guest contributor, Christopher J. Richmann.
  12. The price was really paid. Your sin remains buried in Christ’s tomb.